How rare is the name Rosana?

5,200 people in the United States have the first name Rosana, about 1 in 58,083. It ranks #3,805 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSANA

#3,805

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,200
About
1 in 58,083
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,200 people named Rosana, 64.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% as White and 10.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rosana peaked in 1983, when 78 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
1983
Births that year
78
In 2025*
11 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,554 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rosana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #2,465. The largest share of babies named Rosana, 28.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,34211
1900s#2,46561
1910s#4,37491
1920s#4,355140
1930s#6,60649
1940s#5,67680
1950s#3,649231
1960s#3,339325
1970s#3,476385
1980s#3,345517
1990s#5,836316
2000s#10,472190
2010s#17,66592
2020s#16,01261
Before 19010.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.3%
Silent Generation 1928–454.5%
Baby boom 1946–6416.2%
Generation X 1965–8023.4%
Millennials 1981–9628.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.8%
2013 and later5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rosana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosana has been most common in California (6.3×), Texas (2.4×), and New York (1.8×), and least common in New York (1.8×).

1,047 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rosana, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Rosana ranks #136,807 of 156,621, with 127 people. See Rosana as a last name

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